8 January 2025, @mariannewest's Freewrite Writing Prompt Day 2611: polish the brass moustache

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    "Polish the brass mustache" might be deciphered in numerous ways—absurd, allegorical, or exacting. Let's plunge into a five-minute freewrite:

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    There's something strangely ceremonial around cleaning a brass mustache. Whether it decorates the handle of a amazing collectible entryway, a overlooked family legacy, or indeed the envisioned caprice of a strange design, the act requests tolerance. You hold the cloth with love, your fingers following the smooth bends of the brass, discolored however still respectable. It glimmers faintly beneath a layer of disregard, a antique of pride once shown strongly.

    Maybe the mustache had a place to an time where men stood tall, their facial hair a sign of character and status, presently immortalized in brass. Or maybe it's a metaphor—a nod to the small, mundane errands we attempt to preserve nobility within the standard. Who shines a brass mustache in this day and age, besides? Is it an work out in worthlessness, or does it uncover an fixation with protecting the past?

    Each swipe of the cloth evacuates a smear, reestablishing its brilliant sparkle. You see yourself reflected faintly within the brass, misshaped, extended, and bent, just like life in some cases feels. You grin in spite of yourself, since indeed in its peculiarity, there's delight in rebuilding. The brass mustache gets to be a image of consideration to detail, of care, of choosing to see magnificence where others see garbage.

    It seem too be parody. In a world full of genuine trade and worldwide emergencies, envision investing hours on a brass moustache—a funny dissent against criticalness, a statement that in some cases it's affirm to center on the minor. The foolishness is the point.

    As you wrap up, the mustache glimmers, its bends catching the light like a tricky wink. Anything it was, exacting or metaphorical, it's cleaned presently, and you, as well, feel fair a small brighter for it.

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